7.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
As You Desire Me (1932)
As You Desire Me (1932)
Overview
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
7.0
Overview
Bar entertainer Zara is a discontented alcoholic who is pursued by many men but lives with novelist Carl Salter. One day, Tony shows up on Salter's estate claiming that Zara is actually Maria, the wife of his close friend Bruno, claiming that her memory was destroyed during World War I. Zara doesn't remember but leaves with Tony to Salter's dismay. Bruno, now an officer in the Italian Army, tries to coax Maria's memory back on his large estate. No one is really sure if Zara is Maria, and when Salter shows up with a mental case from Trieste that he claims is the real Maria, everyone on Bruno's estate is desperately searching for the truth.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict explores the apolitical themes of identity, memory, and the subjective nature of truth, focusing on personal psychological drama rather than promoting any specific political ideology or societal critique.
The 1932 film 'As You Desire Me' features traditional casting practices prevalent in early Hollywood, with a predominantly white cast and no intentional diversity-driven role changes. The narrative focuses on themes of identity and romance, without critiquing traditional identities or incorporating explicit DEI themes.
Secondary
The film "As You Desire Me" (1932) is a romantic drama centered on a woman's amnesia and identity, involving a love triangle. The narrative does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing exclusively on heterosexual relationships and the protagonist's personal journey.
The film 'As You Desire Me' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses on a cisgender woman's struggle with amnesia and her identity, without touching upon gender identity issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "As You Desire Me" is an adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's play "Come tu mi vuoi." A review of the main characters in the source material and their portrayal in the 1932 film reveals no instances where a character's canonical gender was altered for the screen adaptation.
This 1932 film is an adaptation of a Luigi Pirandello play, featuring characters consistently depicted as white Europeans in both the source material and the film's portrayal. There is no evidence of any character established as one race being depicted as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.2
6.3
Critic Ratings
8.6
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